An easy going blog for easy going malts
With fifty articles on the blog now I wanted to explain why I made the conscious decision to not end each review with a score. Rather, I end each review with a paragraph or two which relatively concisely rounds up my thoughts. The first thing to get out the way is what is a score? […]
After the long previous post on my distillery visit from last year I felt an urge to break out the little bottle I bought on the day. This cute little bottle is the distillery cask. A distillery cask is the single cask release only available from the visitor centre. A lot of visitor centre’s have […]
Back in October 2016 and before this blog was created I visited Auchentoshan Distillery just outside Glasgow. I was having a bit of a rough time and needed to do something that was just for me. I had never visited a distillery before but I have read extensively on the subject (as you might expect). […]
After the Christmas advent calendar last year one of the surprise samples I enjoyed was the Tamdhu 10 year old. In my review I mention how I particular liked this dark and earthy sherry character. The review can be found here. The Dram This 12 year old version is only available at Marks and Spencer […]
The first Irish whisky for the blog is also one of the most widely available. The No Age statement version of Tullamore D.E.W The Distillery The distillery was opened in 1829 in the town of Tullamore by Michael Molloy. On his death his nephew Bernard Daly inherited the site and put Daniel E Williams in […]
This review is on a rather interesting conceptualised blended whisky. This blend from the Lakes Distillery in Cumbria contains whisky from all over the British Isles. It has been developed to bring in initial cash into the distillery while they wait their stocks maturing and to grow brand awareness for what they are up to […]
This will be my first post on Malted and unlike my brother, who has an unnatural interest in sherry; my principle interest is in peated whiskies. So what better way to start than with a review of the Laphroaig 200th anniversary 15 year old. The Distillery We have discussed the history of the iconic distillery […]
If you are a regular to this blog you will know constantly and consistently I bang the Non Chill Filtered (NCF) drum. Why do I care so much and am I correct to be giving such kudo’s to the lack of a process which is meant to guarantee “quality”. For any product on the market […]
This is the second article in our Johnnie Walker series a review of the Double Black expression. A “Distiller’s Edition” of the Black label bottle if you like. The History The Johnnie Walker name starts in Kilmarnock which is a town in Ayrshire on the west of Scotland. A 14 year old boy called John […]
This is the first in a three part series on Johnnie Walker and their smoky offerings in the range. The first part will look at the Black Label release, followed by the more recent Double Black bottle before finishing with an historical article on the history of the brand and the town of Kilmarnock in […]
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